Trey has worked hard on defense. Its not enough... he's going to have to work harder. He's a shrimp. He's going to need to find a way to contribute on that end.
We know he can get his own shot. Can he run an offense? There are a couple of guys in the league who are allowed to dribble around, not run an offense and eventually find an easy bucket for himself or a teammate. Its not a winning style unless you are Westbrook and his teams have struggled to advance.
I like that he stripped down his game some, went through the D league and has come back better. I am not sold on him having any kind of high ceiling because of his size but can he be a good player for us? For sure. He strikes me as a great bench player on a winning team. A guy who can change the tempo, get buckets, get guys easy shots off his own offense and he takes good care of the ball.
He's also got a rep for being an a-hole but it sounds like there is some new found maturity there as well. We think these guys as such men, but they are babies between the ears in grown men's bodies.
Im happy for Burke and glad we have him. To me this is a nice sign the franchise is doing things right. Get lottery talent looking for a new scene, take some time to develop him, bring him up and we see the makings of a useful NBA player we got off the scrap heap. If he becomes more GREAT. If he's just a good scorer off the bench and backup PG than GREAT. Either way this is a great job by the FO and org. Very happy about his development.
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs